Best Albums of 1989

Listed below are the best albums of 1989 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 2 hours ago).
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1989 year summaryThe best artists of 1989 were Pixies, The Cure, The Stone Roses, Beastie Boys, De La Soul, Galaxie 500, Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, Tom Petty and Lou Reed.
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"It seems that the people making the 1001 Albums books have lost their minds. To get into a book you must make an album with songs with no sense, rhythm, message or whatever. This album is a prime example of that insanity."  Reply
- Jboy56 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1989
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160
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1989
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158
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1989
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158
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"Track score 92.27 with a place in the top albums chart of 27th and a rating of 100. The track score for this one is not what I expected as it out scores, just, in my opinion, the superior complete album. Complete just has a better listening experience but the numbers don’t lie. Interesting."  Reply
- Johnnyo | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1989
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158
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1989
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1989
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150
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1989
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149
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